Vanguard Systems Partners with United Computer Group to Offer Backup as a Service to Clients

The new agreement enables Vanguard to offer UCG’s VAULT400 Backup as a Service (BaaS) and remote hardware disaster recovery to clients nationwide.

Aston, PA (PRWEB) March 10, 2014

Vanguard Systems, Inc. (Vanguard), a global supplier of enterprise document management systems and United Computer Group, Inc. (UCG), an information technology services firm, announce a new partnership agreement. The new agreement enables Vanguard to offer UCG’s VAULT400 Backup as a Service (BaaS) and remote hardware disaster recovery to clients nationwide. This offering will include enhanced scan, store, retrieve, protect and recover capabilities.

For over 25 years, Vanguard has supported a diverse client base across the globe including several Fortune 100 companies. Vanguard provides a suite of document imaging, forms design, workflow, data extraction, AP Automation and content management solutions. United Computer Group, in addition to VAULT400 BaaS, has delivered value-based technology solutions for the IBM midrange market for over 27 years, serving 1,500+ clients worldwide.

David Engberg, President of Vanguard Systems said, “This agreement enables Vanguard to offer clients a turnkey solution—scan, store, retrieve, protect and recover. The UCG VAULT400 offering will be available in a SaaS, appliances, and software licensing model, depending on raw data requirements, from 10GB to over 100TB.” Vanguard clients’ data will be available 7/24/365 for immediate recovery of granular files or in totality. Options are available for remote hardware recovery time objectives of 72, 24, and 12 hours, or less than 1 hour.

“We are excited and eager to move forward with UCG, a company that has had a noticeable impact on the IBM mid-market with its BaaS and remote hardware disaster recovery offerings,” stated Bill Wilson, Vice President of Sales for Vanguard Systems. Vanguard’s selection of UCG’s solution was made after a comprehensive evaluation process from a range of cloud backup and disaster recovery solutions.

“UCG is pleased to have been selected by Vanguard and look forward to being their clients’ provider for a wide range of remote data storage and disaster recovery solutions. Vanguard clients will benefit and can leverage our knowledge to obtain a solution that best suits their requirements”, says Jim Kandrac, UCG’s founder and president. “With solutions that cover a broad spectrum, we are unbiased and can do what’s best for Vanguard clients.”

About United Computer Group and VAULT400

UCG provides cost-effective technology products, services, and solutions customized to fit the needs of their clients. Founded in 1987, UCG is an IBM Advanced Business Partner specializing in mid-market and enterprise clients. UCG has been rated in the top 1% of IBM Business Partners nationwide.

UCG’s VAULT400 is a premier managed risk mitigation and business continuity planning service for secure online backup and disaster recovery. VAULT400 backs up an entire organization’s business-critical data to UCG’s secure data centers. Safe and off-site, the encrypted data is available online at all times for immediate, user-initiated recovery. VAULT400 works seamlessly within an organization’s existing infrastructure with no additional hardware required.